Health

AFP
TANZANIA: Zanzibar's malaria success a potential banana skin
IRINnews.org
ZANZIBAR CITY, 25 April 2010 (IRIN) - Efforts to combat malaria in Zanzibar have seen the prevalence rate come down from 35 percent before 2008 to below 1 percent, but health officials are worried the gains could be reversed. ...
Problems persist in the epic battle against malariaCTV.ca
Help eradicate malariaSt. Charles Sun
Another World Malaria Day? Celebrating Mosquito Nets!Peace fm Online
Manila Bulletin -Aljazeera.net -AFP
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Washington Informer
March of Dimes walks raises more than $1.3 million
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The annual March of Dimes March for Babies drew 10000 people to Forest Park on Saturday where participants walked in the rain and helped raise $1.1 million. Combined with March for Babies events in Washington, Mo., Belleville and Edwardsville, ...
March of Dimes walk raises awarenessMount Airy News
March for Babies walk draws 4000Palm Beach Post
Hundreds march to give babies a healthy startKOLD-TV
Atlanta Journal Constitution -Terre Haute Tribune Star -The Herald-Mail
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Reuters
Overall flu deaths down during H1N1 pandemic
Baltimore Sun
Although experts are not sure to what degree, seasonal flu cases and deaths dropped in Maryland and nationwide this year, during the height of the novel H1N1 pandemic. While flu cases are not perfectly tracked, ...
One year later, H1N1 resonates in countyHerald Zeitung
Swine flu vaccine may cause health problemsFood Consumer
H1N1 vaccine study investigating hints of complications from vaccineWashington Post
Reuters -USA Today -Lansing State Journal
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Boston Globe
Fishing boat captain dies in attempt to rescue crewman off Nantucket
Boston Globe
When a crewman on his fishing boat went overboard off Nantucket in the predawn darkness yesterday, John Zuzick snapped into action. The captain of the 60-foot clam dredge Silver Fox donned a survival suit and dove into the chilly ...
Harwich fisherman dies in seas off NantucketCape Cod Times
Hero captain dies saving comradeBoston Herald
Fisherman Dies In Water Off NantucketWBZ
WCVB-TV -Nantucket Island Inquirer -Boston Globe
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NorthEscambia.com
Century Area Fights Cancer With Relay For Life
NorthEscambia.com
Communities from across the area joined together Saturday and early Sunday morning for Century's Relay for Life. The event, which benefits the American Cancer Society, was held from noon Saturday until early Sunday morning at the Old Century High ...
Participants wanted from Natick for new cancer studyMetroWest Daily News
Relay for Life moves indoors, exceeds fundraising goalSoutheast Missourian
Cancer survivors build camaraderieMoultrie Observer
Covington News -New Bern Sun Journal -Temple Daily Telegram
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Cincinnati.com
Volunteers give new life to neglected animals
Berkshire Eagle
Volunteer Susan Kelly offers a drink to Thomas the cat at the Berkshire Humane Society, which has about 300 volunteers. By Scott Stafford After being born into a life dictated by an alleged puppy mill operator, a dozen Golden Retrievers were ailing, ...
DC Animal WatchWashington Post
Ceremony to honor animals lost to fireParkersburg News
Many pets given up in hard timesPayson Roundup
Detroit Free Press -Fall River Spirit -CattleNetwork.com
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7 arrested in Sacramento indoor marijuana bust
The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Authorities have arrested seven Sacramento-area residents suspected in two indoor marijuana-growing operations. The Drug Enforcement Administration says agents seized more than 4300 plants, about $83000 in cash and one vehicle ...
National briefs: 7 arrested in indoor marijuana-growing operationsFort Worth Star Telegram
Agents raid indoor pot gardens in Northern Calif.San Jose Mercury News
Two-day indoor pot sting in area yields seven arrestsSacramento Bee
KCRA Sacramento -CBS 13 -Crime Voice
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Telegraph.co.uk
'Informed Consent' and the Ethics of DNA Research
New York Times
The cultural gap between the impoverished Havasupai Indians who view their blood as sacred and the Arizona State University researchers who helicoptered in to their Grand Canyon home to collect it was at the heart of a lawsuit over the ...
Grand Canyon tribe accepts 'genetic piracy' settlementTelegraph.co.uk
Lawsuits settled over Arizona tribe blood samplesThe Associated Press
Havasupai lawsuit over misuse of blood samples settledThe Money Times
AllGov -The Takeaway -Indian Country Today
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Cigar bars around Michigan get OK to sell food, drinks
Detroit Free Press
LANSING -- Michigan's statewide smoking ban, which is to take effect May 1, will allow established cigar bars to sell food and drink, the state Department of Community Health (DCH) announced Friday. ...
Art Dore's Stables Martini and Cigar Bar exempt from state-wide smoking banThe Bay City Times - MLive.com
Michigan cigar bars exempt in smoking ban13abc.com
Cigarettes Still Out, Certain Cigars OKWDIV Detroit
Interlochen Public Radio -MLive.com
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TopNews United States
Researchers call nicotine 'candy' a threat to children
Los Angeles Times
Designed to help alleviate a smoker's cravings, the flavored lozenges could end up in the wrong hands, with potentially fatal results. By Melissa Healy Los Angeles Times A candy-like lozenge designed to satisfy a smoker's nicotine craving could prove ...
Kids can mistake nicotine-laced pellets for candy, overdoseUSA Today
Parents Outraged Over Candy-Like Nicotine MintsWCBS-TV New York
On the Call: Reynolds American CEO Susan IveyBusinessWeek
The Hill -JoinTogether.org -KDRV
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Boston Globe
In Army's Trauma Care Units, Feeling Warehoused
New York Times
“It is just a dark place. Being in the WTU is worse than being in Iraq.” MICHAEL CRAWFORD, an Army specialist who was a sniper in Iraq, above. By JAMES DAO and DAN FROSCH COLORADO SPRINGS — A year ago, Specialist Michael Crawford wanted nothing more ...
Soldiers Call Army Trauma Units 'Worse Than Iraq'Huffington Post (blog)
GI's Describe Despair and Isolation in Trauma UnitsNew York Times (blog)

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Eat, Drink and Be (blog)
Omega-3 fatty acids: How much is enough?
Los Angeles Times
The amounts and ratios required vary by age and condition, and the choice of supplements and foods is wide, but there seems little doubt most Americans need more. By Emily Sohn Special to the Los Angeles Times So how many omega-3 fatty acids are enough ...
Omega-3 fatty acids are a key to healthier lifeLos Angeles Times
Omega 3s may help cut colon cancer riskReuters
Omega 3's May Cut Colon Cancer RiskCalorieLab Calorie Counter News
Press TV
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Oneindia
Skepticism Plagues KFC's "Pink Bucket" Breast Cancer Campaign
ABC News
Kentucky Fried Chicken is fighting breast cancer – one big pink bucket of chicken at a time. Kentucky Fried Chicken has gone pink to raise awareness for breast cancer. For every pink bucket purchased, KFC will donate 50 cents to ...
Family honors mother's fight against cancer at Race for the CureFort Worth Star Telegram
Bar Goes "Pink" For Cancer ResearchMyFox Detroit
KFC Doubles Down on Breast Cancer ResearchTonic
WRAL.com -KWTX -We Love DC
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The State
Hallucinogens help cancer patients
Chicago Sun-Times
AP Researchers are finding that hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD, famous but condemned in the 1960s, may one day help doctors treat conditions such as anxiety in cancer patients and post-traumatic stress disorder. They're studying drugs such as LSD, ...
Psychedelic trips aid cancer patients in studyThe Associated Press
Hallucinogenic Drug Trips Aid Cancer Patients In StudyKWTX
Psychedelic trips aid cancer patients in studyWEAR
Daily Mail -Helium
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Daily Mail
Airborne Fungus Expected to Spread in US
WebMD
April 23, 2010 -- A potentially deadly airborne fungus, widely dubbed the killer fungus, has infected more than 50 people in the US, according to the CDC, and is expected to spread from the Pacific Northwest where it first surfaced. ...
Deadly Airborne Fungus Spreading Fast: Kills One Out of FourChattahBox
Airborne Fungus Expected to Spread in USTech Jackal
Killer fungus seen in Pacific NorthwestCNN
dBTechno -Reuters -Los Angeles Times
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CBC.ca
Research into stem cells of adults stirs hopes
MiamiHerald.com
Many researchers are coming to believe they can achieve as much using adult stem cells as using controversial human embryonic stem cells. Researchers believe adult cells will someday work miracles. Here are some of the possible treatments they're ...
The Vatican Supports Stem Cell Research?ABC News
Research on Stem Cells Shows a Ray of HopeTopNews United States
Vatican to fund adult stem cell researchUPI.com
Voice of America -KERO-TV 23 -ABC7Chicago.com
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Reuters
Strategizing Legalization's Pros and Cons
New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — As a longtime Democratic consultant, Chris Lehane has worked for presidents and managed scandals. But his current gig — as a strategist for the campaign to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana in California — is the ...
Legalizing pot may kill buzz in California enclaveReuters
The Marijuana Lobby: All Grown UpNBC San Diego
The Confused State of Pot Law EnforcementNBC Los Angeles
NBC Miami -NBC Washington -Tennessee Journalist
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CBC.ca
Health Care Cost Increase Is Projected for New Law
New York Times
WASHINGTON — A government analysis of the new health care law says it will not slow the overall growth of health spending because the expansion of insurance and services to 34 million people will offset cost reductions in Medicare and ...
What Will Health Care Reform Look Like in 2019?Atlantic Online
Cavuto: Health-Care Costs Still Don't Add UpFOXBusiness
Health Care Cost Rise Is Anticipated for New LawTopNews United States
Tucson Citizen -BusinessWeek -Los Angeles Times
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Covidien (NYSE: COV) has initiated a voluntary recall of certain lots of its cuffed ShileyTM tracheostomy tubes and Custom/Specialty tracheostomy tubes due to the product’s cuff not holding air as a result of leaks in the pilot balloon inflation assembly. With respect to the affected units, if a cuff does not hold air, ventilation will be adversely affected since the ability to generate positive pressure in the airway could be compromised by lack of cuff seal.

New York Times (blog)
Addicted to tanning beds? It's possible, study suggests
USA Today
AP 2004 file photo By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay A proportion of people who repeatedly bask under sun lamps meet standard criteria for addiction, while also reporting higher levels of anxiety and substance use, according to new research. ...
Can Tanning be Addictive?KIMT
Tanning Bed Use Linked to Addiction: StudyAboutLawsuits.com
Are you addicted to tanning beds?KJCT8.com
CBS2 Chicago -New York Times (blog) -JoinTogether.org
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